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Health & Safety Code § 25145 Section 25145
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(a) This chapter shall not be construed to limit or abridge the powers or duties granted to the State Water Resources Control Board and each regional water quality control board by Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code. (b) Subdivision (a) shall not be cons…
Health & Safety Code § 25145.4 Section 25145.4
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No provision of this chapter, or any ruling of the department or director, shall be construed to limit or abridge the power of the Attorney General, at the request of the department or director, or upon his or her own motion, to bring an action in the name of the people of the St…
Health & Safety Code § 25146 Section 25146
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The Legislature finds and declares that the number of hazardous waste disposal facilities is decreasing in the face of increasing demand, and that under present circumstances and law, imbalance between supply and demand is likely to further increase in the foreseeable future. Thi…
Health & Safety Code § 25146.5 Section 25146.5
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The Legislature further finds and declares that: (a) It is a matter of urgent public necessity and statewide concern that the number of existing hazardous waste facilities be retained to the extent feasible. (b) The availability of land suitable and capable of being developed as …
Health & Safety Code § 25147 Section 25147
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Except as expressly provided in Section 25149, it is not the intent of this article to preempt local land use regulation of existing hazardous waste facilities.
Health & Safety Code § 25147.5 Section 25147.5
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The definitions contained in this article shall govern the construction of only this article.
Health & Safety Code § 25148 Section 25148
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), “existing hazardous waste facility” means a Class I disposal site, as defined in Section 2510 of Title 23 of the California Administrative Code on the effective date of this article, and which, in addition, is either: (1) A fac…
Health & Safety Code § 25148.5 Section 25148.5
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“Solid waste” means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid, semisolid, and liquid wastes, including garbage, trash, refuse, paper, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles and parts thereof, discarded home and industrial applianc…
Health & Safety Code § 25149 Section 25149
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in Section 25149.5 or 25181 of this code or Section 731 of the Code of Civil Procedure, no city or county, whether chartered or general law, or district may enact, issue, enforce, suspend, revoke, or modify any or…
Health & Safety Code § 25149.1 Section 25149.1
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(a) No city, county, or city and county, whether general law or chartered, which has issued a conditional use permit for a hazardous waste facility shall thereafter adopt an ordinance, rule, or regulation, or issue or amend any permit, which adoption, issuance, or amendment impos…
Health & Safety Code § 25149.5 Section 25149.5
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(a) A general law city or county may impose and enforce, for revenue purposes, a license tax on the operation of an existing hazardous waste facility; provided that, the license tax imposed shall not exceed 10 percent of the annual gross receipts of the existing hazardous waste d…
Health & Safety Code § 25149.6 Section 25149.6
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A city, county, or city and county in which an existing hazardous waste facility is located may at any time recommend to the director any new or additional permit or interim status conditions as the local agency deems necessary to protect against hazards within its boundaries to …
Health & Safety Code § 25149.7 Section 25149.7
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No provision of this article, or any ruling by the department or director, shall be construed as a limitation on the right of any person to maintain a civil action to enjoin or abate a nuisance pursuant to Section 731 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Health & Safety Code § 25150 Section 25150
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(a) The department shall adopt, and revise when appropriate, standards and regulations for the management of hazardous wastes to protect against hazards to the public health, to domestic livestock, to wildlife, or to the environment. (b) The department and the local officers and …
Health & Safety Code § 25150.1 Section 25150.1
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The requirements in Sections 25290.1, 25290.2, 25291, and 25292 apply to the construction, operation, maintenance, monitoring, and testing of underground storage tanks, as defined in subdivision (y) of Section 25281, that are required to obtain hazardous waste facilities permits …
Health & Safety Code § 25150.2 Section 25150.2
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(a) The department shall adopt regulations, consistent with federal law, concerning the transportation of hazardous waste from this state across international boundaries. These regulations shall include, but are not limited to, both of the following: (1) All applicable federal re…
Health & Safety Code § 25150.3 Section 25150.3
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The department shall adopt emergency regulations pursuant to Section 11346.1 of the Government Code which ensure protection for the public and the environment concerning hazardous waste held or handled at transfer facilities.
Health & Safety Code § 25150.4 Section 25150.4
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Not later than July 1, 1994, the administrator for oil spill response in the Department of Fish and Game and the Director of Toxic Substances Control shall jointly develop a preincident process for the handling and transport of materials used or recovered during an oil spill resp…
Health & Safety Code § 25150.5 Section 25150.5
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On or before July 1, 1995, the department shall revise any standard or regulation it has adopted that requires the preparation of a contingency plan, as that term is defined in Section 66260.10 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, to allow the person preparing the c…
Health & Safety Code § 25150.65 Section 25150.65
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Any regulation that was adopted prior to January 1, 2008, pursuant to former Section 25150.6, exempting a hazardous waste management activity from one or more of the requirements of this chapter, shall remain valid unless repealed.
Health & Safety Code § 25150.82 Section 25150.82
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that this section is intended to address the unique circumstances associated with the operation of metal shredding facilities, and the generation and management of wastes generated by metal shredding facilities. The Legislature further decla…
Health & Safety Code § 25150.84 Section 25150.84
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(a) The department shall collect an annual fee from all metal shredding facilities that are subject to the requirements of this chapter or to the alternative management standards adopted pursuant to Section 25150.82. The department shall establish and adopt regulations necessary …
Health & Safety Code § 25150.86 Section 25150.86
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Treated metal shredder waste that is managed in accordance with the alternative management standards adopted by the department pursuant to Section 25180.82 and that is accepted by a solid waste landfill or other authorized location for disposal or for use as alternative daily cov…
Health & Safety Code § 25150.87 Section 25150.87
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(a) (1) The department shall require metal shredding facilities to do both of the following: (A) Monitor hazardous waste constituents requested by the department. (B) Report the results of the monitoring required pursuant to subparagraph (A) to the department. The facilities may …
Health & Safety Code § 25151 Section 25151
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The department may adopt varying regulations pursuant to Section 25150, other than building standards for different areas of the state depending on population density, climate, geology, types and volumes of hazardous waste generated in the area, types of waste treatment technolog…
Health & Safety Code § 25152 Section 25152
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Before adopting building standards or adopting or revising other standards and regulations for the handling, processing, storing, use, recycling, and disposal of hazardous and extremely hazardous wastes, the department shall hold at least one public hearing in Sacramento, or in a…
Health & Safety Code § 25152.5 Section 25152.5
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Unusual circumstances” means only the following: (A) The need to search for and collect the requested records from field facilities or other establishments that are separate from the office processing the req…
Health & Safety Code § 25153 Section 25153
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The offsite storage, treatment, transportation, and disposal of extremely hazardous waste is subject to the same requirements specified in this chapter that are applicable to hazardous waste and the department shall not require any special or additional permits for the offsite ha…
Health & Safety Code § 25153.6 Section 25153.6
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(a) Any person generating or managing a RCRA hazardous waste shall comply with subsection (a) of Section 3010 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 6930(a)). (b) Any person generating or managing a non-RCRA hazardous waste shall comply …
Health & Safety Code § 25154 Section 25154
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It shall be unlawful for any person to manage any hazardous waste except as provided for in this chapter or regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter.
Health & Safety Code § 25155 Section 25155
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No extremely hazardous waste may be disposed of without prior processing to remove its harmful properties or as specified by the regulations of the department for the handling and disposal of the particular extremely hazardous waste.
Health & Safety Code § 25155.10 Section 25155.10
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(a) The owner or operator of every commercial offsite multiuser hazardous waste disposal facility shall develop a proposed monitoring plan, in writing, for the monitoring of the ambient air downwind and upwind from the facility. The plan shall include all of the following: (1) An…
Health & Safety Code § 25155.8 Section 25155.8
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(a) The operator of a landfill, land farm, or surface impoundment, which is used for disposing or treating hazardous waste which contains volatile organic compounds in concentrations of more than 1 percent by weight, shall do both of the following: (1) Monitor air emissions from …
Health & Safety Code § 25156 Section 25156
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The department shall develop and adopt regulations and standards to implement Article 11 (commencing with Section 25220), including, but not limited to, regulations which specify appropriate procedural requirements for the hearings conducted pursuant to that article. The departme…
Health & Safety Code § 25157 Section 25157
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Regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter may require the treatment of extremely hazardous waste at the site of production prior to any transportation, if the director determines that treatment is necessary to provide safe transportation of the extremely hazardous waste. No pr…
Health & Safety Code § 25158 Section 25158
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (f), any person generating hazardous waste, or owning or operating a facility for the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste, shall file with the director, or the director’s designee, on a form provided by the director, or the dir…
Health & Safety Code § 25158.1 Section 25158.1
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(a) When making the quantity determinations for purposes of Section 66262.34 of Title 22 of Division 4.5 of the California Code of Regulations, as it may be amended consistent with this code, a generator shall include all hazardous waste that it has generated in any month, except…
Health & Safety Code § 25159 Section 25159
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The department shall adopt and revise when necessary regulations that will allow the state to receive and maintain authorization to administer a state hazardous waste program in lieu of the federal program pursuant to Section 6926 of the federal act. When reviewing a regulation a…
Health & Safety Code § 25159.1 Section 25159.1
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(a) The Office of Administrative Law shall deem any regulation proposed for adoption by the department to maintain authorization pursuant to Section 25159 to be a nonsubstantive change without regulatory effect for the purposes of Section 100 of Title 1 of the California Code of …
Health & Safety Code § 25159.10 Section 25159.10
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Specific state laws and regulations have been enacted to prevent leaks and hazardous waste discharges to land, such as those from underground storage tanks, surface impoundments, pits, ponds, or lagoons. (b) The …
Health & Safety Code § 25159.11 Section 25159.11
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Toxic Injection Well Control Act of 1985.
Health & Safety Code § 25159.12 Section 25159.12
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Annulus” means the space between the outside edge of the injection tube and the well casing. (b) “State board” means the State Water Resources Control Board. (c) “Compatibility” means that waste constituents do n…
Health & Safety Code § 25159.15 Section 25159.15
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or after January 1, 1986, a person shall not discharge hazardous waste into an injection well which commences operation on or after January 1, 1986, and after January 1, 1988, a person shall not discharge hazardous waste into an …
Health & Safety Code § 25159.16 Section 25159.16
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(a) If the department or regional board determines that there is migration of hazardous waste constituents, or a threat of migration of hazardous waste constituents, from an injection well into any strata or waters of the state outside the injection zone, the department shall pro…
Health & Safety Code § 25159.17 Section 25159.17
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(a) The department shall make an inspection at least once each year of all facilities with injection wells into which hazardous waste is discharged. The owner shall tabulate the monitoring data recovered, pursuant to subdivision (c), monthly. The department shall review the data …
Health & Safety Code § 25159.18 Section 25159.18
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Any person who applies to the department for a hazardous waste facilities permit, or for the renewal or revision of a hazardous waste facilities permit, for the discharge of hazardous wastes into an injection well, including any proposed injection well, shall submit a hydrogeolog…
Health & Safety Code § 25159.19 Section 25159.19
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(a) On or before July 1, 1986, the department shall, by emergency regulation, adopt a fee schedule that assesses a fee upon any person discharging any hazardous wastes into an injection well. The department shall include in this fee schedule the fees charged for filing a hazardou…
Health & Safety Code § 25159.20 Section 25159.20
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(a) The department shall specify, for purposes of paragraph (4) of Section 25200.6, the horizontal and vertical extent of any injection zone for an injection well. The department shall cite specific information presented in the report prepared pursuant to Section 25159.18 as the …
Health & Safety Code § 25159.21 Section 25159.21
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(a) The state board, a regional board, or the department may enter and inspect a facility for determining compliance with this article, including, for this purpose, inspecting, at a reasonable time, records, files, papers, processes, and controls. (b) Nothing in this article shal…
Health & Safety Code § 25159.22 Section 25159.22
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This article shall not be construed to limit or abridge the powers and duties granted to the department pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 78000) of Division 45 or to the state board or any regional board pursuant to Division 7 (commencing wit…